▲ 552 ▼ Welcome to 2024, the Year We Stop Trump’s Rolling Insurrection (www.thenation.com) submitted 2 years ago by psychothumbs@lemmy.world to c/politics@lemmy.world 179 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] doctorcrimson@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago (4 children) The good news is that a bunch of Trumpets are now convicted felons. Those idiots really thought the police were on their side. permalink fedilink source hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] Moira_Mayhem@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago To be fair I think a lot of police would have been on their side if they thought cheetolini had a chance at his soft coup. FAR to many hard right cops permalink fedilink source parent [–] ReallyActuallyFrankenstein@lemmynsfw.com 7 points 2 years ago (1 child) They are until they get pardoned and can again legally own firearms... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] doctorcrimson@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago* Is that how Felonies work? I'm pretty sure accepting a Pardon is explicitly an admission of guilt. EDIT: Looks like it's a state by state basis. permalink fedilink source parent [–] AnneBonny@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 years ago Some of them were the police. permalink fedilink source parent [–] drmeanfeel@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) The police are on their side, typically, because they both rabidly protect the wealth class. They usually bark in the yard outside... It's just on January 6 they went a little too far into the mansion, got their muddy paws on the rug, had to get their snouts bopped by the estate enforcers. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] doctorcrimson@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago IMO, the Police are only on their own side. As long as they don't make a spectacle about it, they have supreme authority to do whatever they want within their districts. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Moira_Mayhem@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago To be fair I think a lot of police would have been on their side if they thought cheetolini had a chance at his soft coup. FAR to many hard right cops permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ReallyActuallyFrankenstein@lemmynsfw.com 7 points 2 years ago (1 child) They are until they get pardoned and can again legally own firearms... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] doctorcrimson@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago* Is that how Felonies work? I'm pretty sure accepting a Pardon is explicitly an admission of guilt. EDIT: Looks like it's a state by state basis. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] doctorcrimson@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago* Is that how Felonies work? I'm pretty sure accepting a Pardon is explicitly an admission of guilt. EDIT: Looks like it's a state by state basis. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] AnneBonny@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 years ago Some of them were the police. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] drmeanfeel@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) The police are on their side, typically, because they both rabidly protect the wealth class. They usually bark in the yard outside... It's just on January 6 they went a little too far into the mansion, got their muddy paws on the rug, had to get their snouts bopped by the estate enforcers. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] doctorcrimson@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago IMO, the Police are only on their own side. As long as they don't make a spectacle about it, they have supreme authority to do whatever they want within their districts. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] doctorcrimson@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago IMO, the Police are only on their own side. As long as they don't make a spectacle about it, they have supreme authority to do whatever they want within their districts. permalink fedilink source parent